Labor and Employment

Florida has enacted the CHOICE Act (Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Career Employment Act), effective July 1, 2025, introducing substantial changes to the enforcement of [...]

WSHC+B is pleased to announce that the Managing Director of the firm’s Boca Raton office and Chair of its Labor and Employment Division, Brett Schneider, has been appointed to the Palm Beach [...]

On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (EO). The goal of this order is to eliminate [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) adopted a rule on April 23, 2024 (the “Noncompete Ban”), that prohibited employers nationwide from entering into new noncompete agreements or enforcing [...]

Congratulations to all our attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.  Of the 47 lawyers recognized, 12 of the [...]

The Firm is proud to announce that 11 attorneys have been named to the 2024 Super Lawyers list, while 4 attorneys have been recognized as 2024 Rising Stars. Super Lawyers recognizes distinguished [...]

On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor published its Final Rule raising the salary thresholds for certain overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standard Act (“FLSA”). The Rule applies [...]

The Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently issued its Final Rule defining what it means to be an “independent contractor” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The Final Rule goes into [...]

The WSHC+B Labor & Employment group, led by Lindsay Massillon and supported by Erica Hausdorff, has delivered a legal victory for the City of Naples. On November 9, Twentieth Judicial Circuit [...]